Blogs

30 January, 2024
New Study Explores the Impact of Hate Crimes on Victims

A recent study titled “Revisiting the Harm of Hate: A Quasi-Experimental Approach Using the National Crime …

17 January, 2024
Users adopt extremist beliefs from exposure to hate subreddits

A new study published in the journal Social Network Analysis and Mining explored whether active participation …

8 January, 2024
A Common Psychology of Male Violence? Assessing the Effects of Misogyny on Violent Extremism and Gender-Based Violence

A new study titled ‘A Common Psychology of Male Violence? Assessing the Effects of Misogyny on …

3 January, 2024
Using Machine Learning to Predict Future Terrorism from Historical Data

In this new study titled “A Study of the Effects of Textual Features on Prediction of …

16 December, 2023
A New Scale to Measure the Potential for Hateful Behaviours

In recent years, understanding and mitigating hate crimes and extremist behaviours have become crucial in maintaining …

8 August, 2023
‘Is This a Hate Speech?’ The Difficulty in Combating Radicalisation in Coded Communications on Social media Platforms

The utilisation of the internet for radicalisation purposes, particularly via social media platforms, has been thoroughly …

12 August, 2023
The Role of Violence in Nonviolent Resistance

Check out this important review article on the role of violence in nonviolent resistance. In the …

28 August, 2023
The eradication of hate speech on social media: a systematic review

A broad range of academic proposals and initiatives have been presented to provide solutions and prevent …

31 July, 2023
The Complex Process of Desistance from Extremism

Check out this recent article appeared in the journal Terrorism and Political Violence ( https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2023.2215348). Sustained …

19 June, 2023
Understanding (non)involvement in terrorist violence: What sets extremists who use terrorist violence apart from those who do not?

Check out this fantastic article by Bart Schuurman and Sarah Carthy. By analyzing 103 cases of …